A display device includes a display area that includes sub-pixels arranged in a matrix having rows and columns, pixels formed of the combination of two sub-pixels, from which light of different wavelength regions is emitted, image signal lines arranged by two columns, scanning signal lines arranged by one in each row, pixel transistors disposed in the respective sub-pixels in which one image signal line is connected to a source of each pixel transistor, and the one scanning signal line is connected to a gate of the pixel transistor, light emitting elements that each emit light on the basis of a potential of a drain of the pixel transistor, and a drive circuit that applies a conduction potential for rendering the pixel transistors conductive to two scanning signal lines corresponding to two adjacent rows at the same time.